Didn't make it to Spier today - some of the side effects of the anti malarials are starting to catch up with me. Only have 1 more day of tablets thank goodness!! So, late start, only to find Misha back home sick, looking like the same bug Marne had. So she went to spend the day with her Aunt. I went off just before lunch to another local winery, Vergelegen (and no, it is not pronounced how you think, you have to shorten the first bit & swallow the g!), which...

Catch up again today after a great weekend!! So, had a lazy family weekend with the Potgieters' - had another braai on Friday, which was great. We had boerweors (not sure if the spelling is right, my Afrikaans is awful!!) which are traditional Afrikaans sausages and are pretty spicy, but good. This was for Misha, who had 2 friends over for a sleepover, which was fun! Saturday was late up, watching the rugby on telly while Martin worked (so what else is new??) a...

Bit of a catch up blog today. Left Jo'burg on Wednesday, with 9am transfer to the airport and an 11:40 flight to Cape Town, which was all very uneventful. Picked up hire car and have to say not very impressed - 2 weeks car hire is costing as much as 4 weeks in the US and all I get is a crappy old polo, with a really small engine!! Martin had sent me directions to a mall, as he & Maritha were both in day long meetings - so do not miss that at all - so he sug...

Not really a last day in Kruger, as basically travelling back to Jo'burg today. Had my lie in while the others got up for the bush walk at 5am. Got up at 7am ish for breakfast to leave the Park at 8:30am. Had a new driver, a South African named Vessel (not sure of the spelling!) who was a cheerful Afrikaaner and discovered that not only was I sharing the van with the 4 american college grads, we also had an Italian, named Lorenzo who seriously did not get on wit...

Had my blessed lie in this morning and then braved the outside shower, which was pretty cool, except was nervous that I could be seen, which was not possible, but hey! Went off on the Panorama Tour today - again with the French father & daughter from the treehouse camp - which was quite spectacular to see, if not to experience. The tour was to see The 3 Rondovels, Bourke's Luck Potholes, Berlin Falls, Lisbon Falls and Gods' Window, all of which are in the Dr...